Writing

I write novels, screenplays, and works of non-fiction. I share my passion for writing with advice, tips, book reviews for writers, and more. This page will also feature any works in progress and samples of my work.

  • Extent of My Vocabulary

    I read somewhere that Shakespeare had a vocabulary of over 30,000 words. Apparently, this is a huge amount and most people don’t have such an extensive vocabulary. This got me thinking about the size and content of my vocabulary. So I’ve decided I am going to measure my vocabulary. The problem is, I’m not sure […]


  • Character Pours Out His Soul

    I’ve been working on a novel now for about three months. I got a fair amount of writing done this weekend. I wrote this scene in which Michael, the main character, poured out his soul and wrote a poem to a girl that he is in love with. This is what he wrote. For Rachel […]


  • My Writing Process

    There are so many different ways to write. I remember in school we were told that we needed to plan our writing. We always used to do pre-writing activities. Sometimes we would need to fill in a story planner, a chart, or draw a concept map before we were allowed to start writing. I now […]


  • Year Two of My Five-Year Mission

    So I guess today officially starts year two of my five-year mission. I had a plan when I started this blog. I wanted to develop my name as a writer. I wanted to write as much as I could over a five-year period with the goal to have some of my work published at the […]


  • Jericho – Perfect Television

    I watched the season finale of Jericho last night. This is television at its finest. It was absolutely perfect. The writing on this show has been stellar since the very first episode last season. The story has been compelling and the action and suspense has risen with each new episode. I can’t say enough good […]


  • Published For Myself

    I published a hard copy of my blog entries for the year 2007. It was a great year for me. I discovered blogging in March and have had such a great time here. I managed to post 200 entries and thought that it would be a great idea to collect all of these in a […]


  • Trouble with Falling

    I couldn’t see it coming,the hole I fell through. Four years agoeverything was a high.It felt like I was floatingbut it soon crashed down. Since then, I’ve been looking around.I need another hole to fall through.This will be much harder.I know it to be trueIt’s so easy to fall in loveWhy is it so hard […]


  • Writing Chair

    This chair looks like a cross between an office chair and a rocking chair. It has a nice large cloth seat and cloth backrest. It is great for writers like me. I can type away at my keyboard for as long as I want. When I need a break, I can lean back and the […]


  • Fan Fiction

    Fan Fiction does not interest me too much. Most of it is poorly written, which is a shame because some of the stories I have come across have had so much potential. It is hard to read fan fiction when the author tries to write it like they think a television episode would be written. […]


  • Murder Mystery Night

    I’ve found my next writing project, or more like it found me. It is going to be a challenge but I am up for it. I have never been into the murder mystery genre but when my father said he’d been asked to write and host a murder mystery night, I was intrigued. I did […]